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Transcript of interview with Mindy Unger-Wadkins by Barbara Tabach, October 28, 2015
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Archival Collection
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In this interview, Unger-Wadkins discusses growing up in Las Vegas? close-knit Jewish community in the 1960s and 1970s, and involvement with various Jewish youth organizations and activities. She also describes her career in public relations, reflecting upon the unique challenges faced when interacting with the public, and with politics, in her positions. Unger-Wadkins ends by describing her current work in land development, particularly the history of the Three Kids Mine and the technical and political process of ensuring the land is suitable as a residential area.
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Transcript of interview with Pamela Gale by Margaret Louis, July 10, 1995
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Photograph of Hal Erickson and Robbins Cahill, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 1977
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Archival Collection
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Hal Erickson and Robbins Cahill looking at his 5-volume oral history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Typed description provided with image: "Robbine Cahill Oral History Transcript. [April 01, 1979, L-R: Hal Erickson; Robbins Cahill]. State regulation of gaming in Nevada began with Robbins Cahill. As early as 1945 when we became a member of the nevada State Tax Commission, Cahill had been in part responsible for enforcement of the state's first gaming regulations. When Nevada's Gaming Control Board was established in 1955, Cahill became its first chairman. With his encyclopedic memory Robbins Cahill is the most authoritative figure on gaming history in Nevada. His six-volume oral history is the richest and most vivid source of information in Nevada on the development of state gaming regulation."
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Audio recording clip of interview with Benjamin C. Diven by Mary Palevsky, March 10, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Audio recording clip of interview with George and Theresa Maynard by Mary Palevsky, January 26, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Audio recording clip of interview with George and Theresa Maynard by Suzanne Becker, February 16, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Gwen Weeks Rahner interview, March 06, 1981: transcript
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On March 6, 1981, Laronda D. Tinsley interviewed Gwendolyn Weekes Rahner (born August 14th, 1923 in Atlantic City, New Jersey) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this interview, Mrs. Rahner discusses working in politics and registering people to vote in Las Vegas, Nevada. She also discusses living in West Las Vegas and her experiences there.
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Transcript of interview with Robert Brown by Ian McLaughlin, February 23, 1981
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Helen and Will Anderson, circa 1980
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Archival Collection
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Color photograph of Helen and Will Anderson, owners of Hamburger Heaven.
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Mary Carol Melton interview, March 5, 1981: transcript
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Archival Collection
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On March 5, 1981, collector Kathy Ricks interviewed Mary Carol Melton (b. April 4th, 1900 in Rockville, Missouri) about her life in Nevada and the development of the United Methodist Church in Las Vegas. Melton speaks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada because of her husband’s health, her time working with attorney offices and in the Las Vegas Courthouse, and the different homes in which her family lived. Moreover, Melton talks extensively about starting the first Sunday school in North Las Vegas in a garage as well as the church she and her husband built. Melton discusses the programs and minstrels performed in the church, the crafts sold to make money for the church and the organ they purchased. Lastly, Melton talks about going to the Hoover Dam nearly every week to see new developments, her participation in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and watching the above ground atomic tests.
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